Liz Owen is an inspired and passionate yoga teacher. She combines physical alignment, meditative action, and the cultivation of a joyful heart to create an innovative and transformative class experience. She has taught since 1990 and is known for her light-hearted teaching style as well as for the depth of her knowledge. Liz has studied Iyengar, Vinyasa and Classical Hatha yoga extensively for over 25 years. She was a certified Iyengar yoga instructor from 1995 to 2010.

Classes are dynamic and challenging, yet always respectful of students' individual abilities and needs. Liz draws inspiration from the deep well of yogic philosophy and brings mindfulness and broadness into each class experience. Liz was on the faculty of the BKS Iyengar Yoga Center of Greater Boston from 1990 – 2003. Currently she teaches weekly classes in Arlington, Massachusetts at The Arlington Center for Movement, Meditation and Wellness and at First Parish Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is on the faculty of Wellesley College. She teaches workshops throughout New England.

Liz holds an E-RYT500 level certification with the Yoga Alliance. She has presented workshops at the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Wellness, Yoga Alliance Leadership Conferences, and at Yoga Journal Boston Conferences. She is co-author of an NIH-funded study at Boston University Medical Center studying yoga as a healing modality for depression and anxiety, and is co-author of Yoga for a Healthy Lower Back, Shambhala Books, coming in June 2013.